IEP automation, state reporting, staff professional development, superintendent dashboards, and FERPA-compliant solutions — designed by someone who has spent thirty years inside the system you operate every day.
Where AI helps in education
No generic ed-tech pitch. Specific automations and decision-support tools targeted at the highest-friction work in modern districts.
AI-assisted drafting, present-levels generation, and goal-tracking workflows that cut the documentation load on special-education teachers and case managers — without compromising IDEA compliance or parent voice.
Pipelines that take what your SIS already produces and turn it into the formats your state agency requires. Less manual stitching, fewer rejected submissions, more time for the educators upstream of every report.
Hands-on AI training where teachers and administrators build working tools during the session — not theory decks. Differentiated tracks for instructional staff, leadership, and central office.
Custom executive views that pull from your SIS, finance, HR, and operational systems — giving the cabinet a single, trustworthy picture of the district instead of a folder full of stale reports.
Every tool we build is designed with student data privacy as a starting point — not an afterthought. Architecture, data flows, and vendor decisions reviewed against FERPA before any deployment.
From transportation routing to substitute coverage to family communications, AI applied to the back-office work that keeps schools running — so principals and central-office staff can stay focused on instruction.
Ph.D., Education · M.Ed.
30 years in education
AI Technical Implementation
Education Vertical Lead
Dr. Burbanks has spent his career inside K-12 systems — as a teacher, an administrator, and a researcher of how districts actually function under pressure. He holds a Ph.D. in Education and an M.Ed., and he leads AI technical implementation across all four of Kolo's verticals.
What that means in practice: when a district sits down with us, the conversation starts with the workflows you already know are broken — and ends with custom tooling that fits your team, your data, and your compliance environment. No vendor pitches. No off-the-shelf platforms forced into a square hole.
How we work with districts
We sit with your team — teachers, principals, central office — and identify the workflows burning the most time and money. Diagnosis before prescription.
Custom AI automations, dashboards, and systems designed for your specific district — your SIS, your state's reporting requirements, your staffing realities.
Your staff learns to use and maintain every tool we build. We leave capacity, not dependency. Districts own what we build, full stop.
Every dollar saved in administrative drag is a dollar back in the classroom.
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